What happened in a dispute between rival tobacco product franchisors recently?
Question: Can a national franchisor (under a head franchisor) operate their own business under the name of the franchise business or do they have to purchase a franchise?
Question: Can you advise if a franchisor can force you to give a discount through a national marketing initiative and then still charge you royalty and marketing fees on the discount you gave?
Question: I have a franchise that has been trading at considerable loss for the last 3.5 years.
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Queensland provides a timely warning to franchisors of the risk of being overly aggressive in exercising apparent contractual rights to terminate a franchise agreement.
Question: We are selling our franchise business. It has been over 42 days since we have given our notice of sale to the franchisor. It has been since over 42 days and nothing happened.
Q. Our franchise agreement expires in June 2014, but the lease between the shopping centre and the franchisor doesn’t expire until October 2014. We don’t want to stay in the business anymore.
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Queensland shows a franchisee does not need to be intimidated by a Notice of Breach that may set in motion a process that ends in the loss of a valuable business without compensation.
One of the most serious mistakes a prospective franchisee can make… is to fail to conduct proper investigations and obtain as much relevant information as possible before making a final decision whether or not to purchase the franchise.
A franchisee ready to close the doors poses the question: can a franchisee be sued for loss of royalties and required to refit the store before selling?